Imagine we conducted a series of attention experiments.The idea that attention is associated with objects would be indicated if reaction time were
A) reduced when targets appeared at the site of a prior cue than if they appeared distant from a cue site.
B) reduced when targets appeared within a cued object compared to within an adjacent object.
C) increased when targets appeared within a cued object compared to within an adjacent object.
D) increased when targets appeared at the site of a prior cue than if they appeared distant from a cue site.

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This choice describes the phenomenon of object-based attention, where attention is focused on an entire object rather than just a specific location within the object. Reaction time would be reduced when the target appears within a cued object compared to an adjacent object, indicating that attention is associated with the entire object rather than just the location of the cue.

Imagine We Conducted a Series of Attention Experiments